This collection, divided into two sections, “Turning in” and “Turning out”, is the fruit of several years’ writing as an observer, both introspectively and as a lover of the peaceful Surrey landscape. Jeremy Loynes is a long-time admirer of the lyrical poems of Edward Thomas and Robert Frost. He shares Thomas’s love of the English countryside and his gentle, meditative approach to describing nature; interwoven with description is his contemplation of the world both outside and inside the poet’s mind.

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ISBN: 978-1-907435-53-9

​Published 2018​26 poems

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JAM IN AISLE 3 by Nicky Phillips

Nicky Phillips’s collection of sonnets comprises an alphabet of titles; their content ranges from the A of “About Redecorating” to the final Z of “Zoe Helen”, a touching tribute to the birth of a beloved daughter. These are poems for twenty-first century people caught in the routines and rituals of the everyday. Nicky Phillips has the gift of seeing the wry humour in those small pleasures, trivial irritations and life-changing events that are familiar to all of us, and of transforming them into well-crafted sonnet form.

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ISBN: 978-1-907435-55-3

Published 2018​39 poems

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HER OWN LANGUAGE by Kathleen Strafford

'Strafford’s collection is bursting with energy and wicked humour. Her Own Language entices us to peer through gaps no-one wants to talk about, and observes, ‘slant’, how things and people look, behave and fit together. This remarkable debut has ‘an architecture of its own’; reading this collection will reconstruct your shaping of the world.'Hannah Stone

Strafford's poetry sings to women. It is perceptive and challenging. The words just seem to flow from her, forcing the emotions to erupt. It is rhythmic and beautifully poignant. It is laugh out loud and deeply moving. It is life and death. Love these poems.Liz Mistry

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ISBN: 978-1-907435-52-2​Published 201721 poems

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OWL LIT by Ian Clarke

Ian Clarke says of himself that he is a Fenland ex-pat poet living in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, having left his heart in the flatlands of East Anglia. Published widely in various anthologies, Ian was placed second in the Brian Dempsey Memorail Poetry Competition 2017 for his spare, inventive and evocative poems about the Fens and their people, where he was raised. This is his second collection.

'In these recent poems, Gary Allen continues his contemplation of the influence of past generations and, in doing so, seeks to find a means of crossing the divide between past and present or future, between faith and lack of belief, between sections of the community, between memories actual and presumed or imagined, between actuality and fantasy. . .this is a poet writing with maturity and raw honesty and from the height of his literary powers.'Niall McGrath (from his foreword to the book)

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ISBN: 978-1-907435-49-2Published 2017​37 poems

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THE VENUS POOL by Wendy Falla'Wendy Falla has a sharp eye for detail and a great ear for dialogue, sometimes alternating between standard English and the patois of Channel Islands. She is a natural story teller and her poems are beautifully observed narratives which reveal a deep and sympathetic knowledge of these unique Islands from where she originally comes. . . Falla bears witness, in a number of ways, to the idiosyncrasies and resilience of an island people. The geography and history of Channel Islands are in effect mapped out by the poems which, in their freshness and deep sympathy, conceal their considerable artistry. This is a tremendously good debut collection.'​ Julian Stannard

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GERRY SWEENEY'S MAMMY by Dónall Dempsey

'A poetry collection which deals, among other things, with the author’s childhood in Ireland, the deaths of siblings and older relations and his fascination with words and reading. It contains numerous references to and quotations from famous writers of the past from James Joyce to Emily Dickinson.Sounds familiar, even commonplace? Forget it. These poems and this collection transcend all expectations of a volumes of sensitive, sly, self-conscious backward looks. Instead this one sparkles with originality, vitality, and the love of life and language.' - Michael Farry, reviewing Gerry Sweeney's Mammy.​

This is a narrative poetry collection based around the theme of lying; the necessity of lying, the lies we tell ourselves, manipulation and artistic cynicism. Other aspects that are explored throughout include groupthink, commercialism, trends, relationships and self-fulfilment.

The poems, in three segments, trace the young writer's development through his abusive childhood, his transition into adulthood and his realisation of deceptions and pomposity in the commercial and artistic worlds that exist beyond his university creative writing course.

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​ISBN: 978-1-907435-45-4 Published 201766 poems

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PART OF THE DARK by Scott Elder

Scott Elder has drawn positive critical attention since 2015 when he began to be recognised as a writer of rare power. This is his first full-length collection.His pamphlet Breakaway was published as a Poetry Salzburg Pamphlet in 2015. Mandy Pannett comments on 'Part of the Dark':How, as in the opening poem, can we see a portrait at midnight? Who is the enigmatic 'lady' glimpsed and hinted at throughout? These are poems of mystery and question, paradox and ambiguity....

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​ISBN: 978-1-907435-46-1 Published September 201724 poems

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SPROUTS by Alexandra Davis

Alexandra Davis 's first pamphlet collection follows her winning the Brian Dempsey Memorial Prize in 2017 with her poem Stag. Rebecca Goss wrote after reading the pamphlet:"Alexandra Davis takes a magnifying glass to familial encounters, describing what she sees there with an honest and unsentimental eye. Her poems explore the fragility of being human, recognising the affection and hurt we can inflict upon each other, but there is such wiseness here, such tender detail, it left me feeling I had read something affirming, and hopeful."

Wanda Barford writes: "I was delighted and intrigued to discover that in seventeenth-century Italy, a poet called Gaspara Stampa had written many letter-poems, mostly in sonnet form."

The charming poems in this collection reflect Wanda Barford's early cosmopolitan life in Milan. Paris and South Africa, and her life-long interest in music. ​

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+p&p​ISBN 978-1-907435-42-3Published April 201742 poems: a first collection.

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AND NO BIRDS SING by Kyle McHale​'Kyle McHale's poems get under the skin. They are deeply attuned to nature and how we find solace in the natural world when relationships let us down, whether through human fallibility or mortality’s inevitable breaks.' - Lisa Kelly, Editor and poet. Read her full review here.

​For Patrick B Osada, every memory is like the tip of an iceberg, floating unsteadily above the “submerged” history of our lives... a series of childhood memory poems, most notably the wonderful To the End of the Road ... some perfect moments..."Andy Croft in his 21st Century Poetry review in the Morning Star

In this unusual book of William Shakespeare's 154 Sunbursts: (his sonnets to 'Mr W. H.')LOVING BY WILL presents the Bard of Avon's sonnet record of his troubled love-life, all 154 Sonnets to his Dark Lady. Alongside Shakespeare's poems areTimothy's lipogrammatic versions of them - Timothy has forbidden himself the use of words containing the letter 'e' for this book and as 'e' is the most common letter in the English language, this constraint has created some interesting and enlightening lines of poetry. This is a book that will extend its readers' vocabulary and their understanding of the original sonnets, in entertaining ways!

Ray Pool’s eye is sharp, and he writes with wry humour. He is not a poet to be pigeon-holed; his repertoire ranges from gangsters to odes to trumpets and trombones, schoolboy adventures, walks on the wild side, the merits of Scarborough v Bridlington, and old-fashioned methods of doing away with yourself. You can imagine Larkin and Betjeman nodding with approval. - Greg Freeman, poet and editor of Write Out Loud​​​

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ISBN 978-1-907435-39-3Published February 2017

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A TALENT FOR HATS by Fiona Sinclair

Here, boldly and poignantly written, is the understanding that beneath a woman’s outward appearance and smart excuses, there lurks the fear that she is losing her power to attract, that the beauty of her youth inexorably, inevitably fades, taking her power with it. ....Sinclair has excellent observational powers... ' Agnes Meadows, poet, editor and reviewer

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ISBN: 978-1-907435-34-1Published October 2016

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THE CUL-DE-SAC LESS TRAVELLED ​by Ray Diamond

A collection of 194 poems by Ray Diamond, whose first collection, "The Runner of Little Races" was described by John Hegley as "a very good book". (John Hegley is well-known for his terseness!)

Trisha Broomfield writes poetry, flash fiction, short stories and unfinished crime novels. In this, her first collection of poetry, she explores early memories of travelling to Australia and back, school, friends and teenage relationships, and more recent experiences, her own and others'. Her 'disappointment' with the Equator makes this book no less of a delightful read as we follow her occasionally sardonic synopsis of childhood, youth and adult relationships.

THOR'S LIGHT by Richard Sellwood

Richard Sellwood was the winner of The 1000 Monkeys Poetry Competition in 2016, with Last Day of November. Richard writes sensitively about nature and the enduring history of the countryside. Richard's love of the ancient sites of rural England and the changing seasons shines in this, his first collection. This is a book to keep by the bed or armchair and dip into often.